Features Bruce Feiler, best-selling author of Walking the Bible, who discusses his experiences during his journey through the biblical Middle East. He also talks about the relationship between the monotheistic religions in today's world and...

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects; Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)--History--Siege, 1992-1996--Personal narratives, American

Features Scott Simon, host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, who discusses his experiences as a war correspondent in Sarajevo and Kosovo and his difficulty in reconciling what he saw with his pacifist Quaker faith. He also...

James Burke, Great Britain's foremost commentator on science and technology, maintains that history is the result of "nudges"--Small events which trigger monumental chain reactions that in turn determine the course of mankind. Beginning with the...

Features the author of Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen Prejean, who talks about her experiences working with death row inmates and discusses the moral implications of the death penalty. Introduction by Scott Olson. Recorded during the UniverCity...

Features journalist and television production company CEO Linda Ellerbee, who discusses her personal struggle with breast cancer. Recorded during the UniverCity 2002 Conference at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana.

Human ecology--Religious aspects; Indian philosophy--North America; Indians of North America--Religion

Features Native American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner N. Scott Momaday, who speaks on the sacred dimension of landscape, nature, and place in the context of his Native American heritage and examines the role of the sacred as an agent of...

Features Michael Piraino, CEO of Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA), who describes some of the difficulties facing abused children who enter the foster care system in the United States and what CASA does to help address these problems....

Terry Waite, one-time personal envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury, describes his role in the release of hostages held by radical Islamic groups in the Middle East and relates the events of his own five-year captivity by Shiite Muslims in...

Footage documenting testing of astronauts in preparation for NASA space missions conducted at Ball State University by the Human Performance Laboratory. Includes an interview with Ball State researcher Scott Trappe and astronaut Bob Thirsk.

Noted actor and activist Dennis Weaver focuses on his concern for the environment and proposes that to heal the planet we must first heal the spiritual part of our being. Concludes with an interview of Mr. Weaver. Presented as a keynote address...

Terry Waite, one-time personal envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury, describes his role in the release of hostages held by radical Islamic groups in the Middle East and relates the events of his own five-year captivity by Shiite Muslims in...

Features the actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, who presents images of America at the millennium. She has tape-recorded interviews with numerous Americans, ranging from Studs Terkel to an anonymous Hasidic Jewish woman, and she uses the...

Features the science historian and author James Burke, who talks about the unpredictable and far-reaching effects of technological innovation on culture. He discusses the inability of social institutions to keep up with technological change. He...

Features Yasuaki Nagata, the vice president of Aichi University, discussing educational issues facing Japan at the millennium. Also includes a panel discussion. Addresses issues such as meeting the needs of individual students, the role of...